Preston North End v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

Sylvain Ebanks-Blake starts for Preston for the first time as they face a Sheffield United side boasting eight changes at Deepdale.

North End make five changes of their own, as Ebanks-Blake comes in for Jermaine Beckford - who misses out with an ear infection, while goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann is in for the cup-tied Sam Johnstone.

Sheffield United suffered League Cup semi-final defeat in their first-leg meeting with Tottenham on Wednesday and only Louis Reed, Chris Basham and goalkeeper Mark Howard keep their places.

Preston: Stuckmann, Woods, Clarke, Huntington, Buchanan, Welsh, Kilkenny, Gallagher, Reid, Humphrey, Ebanks-Blake.

Sheffield United: Howard, Alcock, Basham, Baxter, Davies, McGahey, Higdon, Reed, De Girolamo, Kennedy, Dimaio